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Barbara G. Briggs

January 01, 1970

Barbara Gillian Briggs AM PSM (born 1934) is one of the foremost Australian botanists. The IK lists 205 names of plants which have been published or co-published by her. She was one of the botanists in the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, of the 1998 22 August 2006 at the Wayback Machine APG system.

Barbara Gillian Briggs
AM PSM
Born1934 (age 89–90)
NationalityAustralian
EducationUniversity of Sydney Ph.D. 1961
AwardsClarke Medal, Public Service Medal, Member of the Order of Australia
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsSydney Botanical Gardens
Thesis Studies in the experimental taxonomy of Ranunculus and Darwinia.
Author abbrev. (botany)B.G.Briggs

Briggs was employed at the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney from 1959. She was awarded a PhD from the University of Sydney in 1960.[1]

Briggs and Craig Anthony Atkins were co-awarded the Clarke Medal of the Royal Society of New South Wales in 1994.[2]

Briggs was awarded the Public Service Medal in 1998.[3] She was made a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours for "significant service to science and research as a botanist, to documenting Australian flora, and to professional societies".[4][5] She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of New South Wales (FRSN).[6]

Since her retirement she continues as an Honorary Research Associate at .

The standard author abbreviation B.G.Briggs is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ Fuchs, Vanessa. "Barbara Briggs: Detective botany and DNA". The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Briggs, Barbara Gillian (1934 - )". Encyclopedia of Australian Science. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  3. ^ "Public Service Medal (PSM) entry for BRIGGS, Barbara Gillian". Australian Honours Database. Canberra, Australia: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 8 June 1998. Retrieved 16 June 2018. N/A
  4. ^ "Queen's Birthday 2018 Honours: The full list". The Sydney Morning Herald. 10 June 2018. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  5. ^ "Member of the Order of Australia (AM) entry for BRIGGS, Barbara Gillian". Australian Honours Database. Canberra, Australia: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 16 June 2018. For significant service to science and research as a botanist, to documenting Australian flora, and to professional societies.
  6. ^ . www.royalsoc.org.au. Archived from the original on 27 September 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  7. ^ International Plant Names Index.  B.G.Briggs.

External links edit

  • "What is significant - The Wollemi pine or the southern rushes?" by Barbara G. Briggs[permanent dead link]

January 01, 1970
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